Venice, FL's night sky, measured from orbit

Venice's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Venice's sky is brighter than 12.7% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

Where to go for a darker sky near Venice

North Port, FL, about 14 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Venice. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

North Port, FL is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How Venice compares nationally

Venice, FL has a population of about 29,902, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Venice places 407 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.